The palace guards are all sleeping

Their fires burn into the night

There's a threat of rain on the dark horizon

And all that’s left is a quarter moon of light



He climbs up through the darkness

No weapon but his surprise

The greatest thief in the high Sahara

Enters the room where a sleeping princess lies



All your money, your pretty necklace

This is my work on such a night

There's a storm coming over the mountains

I'll be gone long before the morning



After the rain has fallen

After the tears have washed your eyes

You find that I've taken nothing, that

Love can't replace in the blink of an eye



He was as gentle as the night wind

As no lover had been before

And the rings she wore for her bride groom

Slipped from her fingers and fell to the floor



Take me with you, take me with you

Before my lonely life is set

I've been promised to another

To a man I've never even met



After the rain has fallen

After the tears have washed your eyes

You'll find that I’ve taken nothing, that

Love can't replace in the blink of an eye

After the thunder's spoken, and

After the lightning bolt's been hurled

After the dream is broken, there’ll

Still be love in the world



She said take me to another life

Take me for a pirate’s wife

Take me where the wind blows

Take me where the red wine flows

Take me to the danger

Take me to the life of crime

Take me to the stars

Take me to the moon while we still have time



After the rain has fallen

After the tears have washed your eyes

You'll find that I've taken nothing, that

Love can't replace in the blink of an eye



After the thunder's spoken, and

After the lightning bolt's been hurled

After the dream is broken, there’ll

Still be love in the world

Still be love in the world